FRIDAY
NOVEMBER 16, 2012
Weddings, Maternity, Newborn, Families and everything in between.
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Telus launches Moyie to Yahk wireless service S A L LY M AC D O N A L D Townsman Staff
There is now cell service between Cranbrook and Yahk. Telus made the announcement Wednesday, November 14 after going live last weekend at its new Moyie wireless site. The site, located on a rise southeast of Moyie Lake Provincial Park, brings wireless coverage to 14 kilometres of Highway 3 between Cranbrook and Yahk. “It was a fairly complex site to build given
B.C.’s new management plan outlines predator-prey relationships ANNALEE GRANT Townsman Staff
The provincial government is seeking public consultation on its new Wolf Management Plan that will provide guidelines on a region-by-region basis to deal with B.C.’s growing wolf population. Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Steve Thomson told the Townsman the plan does not mean the province will begin culling wolves, but instead lays out the guidelines to manage the wolf population in a sciencebased manner in each region of the province. “The report will help inform future policy,” he said. The plan is the first of its kind dealing with the management of the grey wolf in more than 30 years.
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its remote location. We had to bring in power and our own network to it. It represents an $800,000 investment; it’s a significant project,” said Telus spokesperson Shawn Hall. “We are really thrilled we can turn this site on.” The new site also brings high-speed internet access to residents between Moyie and Yahk who have until now only had dialup internet.
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AMBER ALERT
Toddler missing from Sparwood SALLY MACDONALD Townsman Staff
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STRAIGHT OUT OF THE PAGES OF “SOUTHERN HAIR”: Shelby (Kirsten Kasner) gets her wedding reception ‘doo from Truvy (Susan Hanson), proprietor and den mother at her home-based beauty salon. Welcome to women’s territory. Secrets are revealed, parsed and implied, but nothing impedes the ability to do good hair. Cranbrook Community Theatre’s production of “Steel Magnolias” opens tonight, Friday, Nov. 16, at the Studio Stage Door. See more inside, Page 2.
Elk Valley RCMP issued an Amber Alert for three-year-old Sparwood boy Alvin Barnet on Thursday evening. Alvin is believed to have been abducted near Sparwood by his dad, Robert Barnet, 39. RCMP believe the suspect then crossed the border into Montana. The pair may be travelling in a blue 2002 Subaru Outback, B.C. license plate 347SBL. Alvin is wearing a red
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shirt and blue jeans. His father is described as unshaven, with reddish blond hair and a scar over his right eyebrow. If you see either of the pair, please call 911.
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